Blueprint: What’s Coming in 2016 and Beyond for Cybersecurity

by Vincent Weafer, VP of Intel Security’s McAfee Labs, Intel Corporation A five-year look ahead at how cybersecurity is likely to evolve Clouds, devices, and sophistication are three of the big areas that will affect cyber threats and security over the next five years, according to McAfee Labs 2016 Threats Predictions report. Cloud applications, storage, and services are converging with rapid growth in mobile and connected devices to create an ever-expanding...

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Arbor Uncovers Trochilus RAT

Arbor Networks disclosed details of a newly-discovered Remote Access Trojan (RAT) named "Trochilus" attacking various government websites and non-governmental organizations. Arbor’s Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) said this Trochilus RAT is likely driven by East Asian threat actors. It is part of a seven-piece malware cluster that offers threat actors a variety of capabilities, including espionage and the means to move laterally...

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AT&T Offers Unlimited Mobile Data for DirecTV or U-Verse Customers

AT&T introduced an unlimited wireless data offer for new and existing AT&T consumer wireless customers who have or add AT&T DIRECTV or AT&T U-Verse TV. The new AT&T Unlimited Plan includes unlimited data and unlimited talk and text. Customers can get the AT&T Unlimited Plan on a smartphone for $100 per month. Additional smartphones are $40 per month each, and a fourth smartphone can be added at no additional cost. “Our...

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Accelerite to acquire Citrix CloudPlatform

Accelerite agreed to acquire Citrix CloudPlatform, powered by Apache CloudStack and CloudPortal Business Manager. Financial terms were not disclosed. Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack) is cloud computing software for creating, managing, and deploying public and private cloud infrastructure services. CloudPortal Business Manager is a unified cloud services delivery and business management platform that enables cloud services automation...

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SAP Says New Cloud Bookings Rose 103% in 2015

SAP reported exceptional momentum with fast growth in cloud and double-digit growth in its core license business in the fourth quarter. For the full year, non-IFRS cloud and software revenue grew by 20% or 12% at constant currencies and exceeded the outlook of 8% - 10% growth at constant currencies. Some highlights: New cloud bookings, the key measure for SAP's sales success in the cloud, increased 103% in the full year 2015 to €0.89 billion and...

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BT Names Clive Selley as new CEO of Openreach

BT announced the appointment of Clive Selley as the new CEO of Openreach, replacing Joe Garner, who is leaving to become CEO of Nationwide Building Society. The handover will take place this quarter. Selley previously served as CEO of BT Technology, Service and Operations (BT TSO) -- the "engine room" of BT, responsible for the company’s core networks and IT systems across the globe – including TV, Mobile and Conferencing - as well as its world...

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AWS Activates Data Center in Korea

Amazon Web Services launched commercial services from a new facility in Korea. The new Seoul region has two Availability Zones (raising the global total to 32). It supports Amazon EC2 (T2, M4, C4, I2, D2, and R3 instances are available) and related services including Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancing. https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/a...

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Abu Dhabi Hotel Boasts 1.2 Gbps Wi-Fi

The Jannah Burj Al Sarab, a new hotel in Abu Dhabi, is claiming the fastest Wi-Fi of any hotel in the world - 1.2 Gbps, according to  http://www.hotelwifitest.com  . http://www.jannah....

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